Broncos QB Russell Wilson day-to-day after MRI on hamstring

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Denver Broncos coach Nathaniel Hackett has a sore quarterback in Russell Wilson that makes the veteran a query mark for Sunday’s recreation towards the New York Jets together with rising frustration in his locker room after Monday night time’s 19-16 time beyond regulation loss to the Los Angeles Chargers.

Wilson, who suffered a hamstring harm within the fourth quarter Monday, underwent a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examination Tuesday morning. Hackett mentioned Wilson will probably be evaluated by means of the week to gauge his participation stage in practices in addition to his availability for Sunday’s recreation towards the Jets at Empower Discipline at Mile Excessive.

“He’ll be day-to-day, we’ll go forward and check out that and monitor (every day),” Hackett mentioned. ” … We’ll get a really feel for him (Tuesday) and into (Wednesday).”

Hackett mentioned the hamstring harm influenced “a little bit bit there” how he known as performs for Wilson for the rest of the fourth quarter and into time beyond regulation Monday. The Broncos completed with minus-9 web passing yards within the second half and time beyond regulation mixed within the loss.

“I form of scrambled to maneuver round on one, I needed to throw it away, it form of bought me fairly good within the fourth quarter,” Wilson mentioned after Monday’s recreation. “Simply tried to play by means of it … simply looking for a solution to win the sport.”

Wilson has already been receiving remedy for a partial muscle tear close to his proper shoulder for the reason that staff’s Oct. loss in Las Vegas, Wilson’s means to be wholesome sufficient to assist the Broncos attempt to treatment a few of their ills on offense will probably be a part of the choice about how a lot he practices this week or if he performs Sunday.

“He is an final competitor, he will do all the things in his energy to get out on that discipline,” Hackett mentioned. “Now we have to make it possible for he is wholesome sufficient to have the ability to exit and play at a excessive stage. Whoever has bought to go in, whether or not it is (Brett Rypien), Josh (Johnson), anyone, we’ll really feel assured, we’ll attempt to construct a plan for them that makes them profitable.”

Wilson completed Monday’s recreation 15-of-28 passing for 188 yards to go along with a landing, however 173 of these passing yards in addition to the landing got here within the first half. He was 3-of-11 for 15 yards over the ultimate three quarters and time beyond regulation towards the Chargers.

Wilson is presently thirtieth among the many league’s starters in completion proportion (58.6) and has thrown 5 landing passes in six video games. The Broncos are presently final within the league in scoring (15.2 factors per recreation), final within the league in pink zone success, final within the league in goal-to-go conditions and thirtieth in third-down proportion.

It has all concerned on that aspect of the ball for the Broncos offended and annoyed. Broncos operating again Melvin Gordon III and vast receiver Jerry Jeudy have been caught on digicam in the course of the recreation in an emotional trade. And Gordon mentioned after the sport he had not been informed why he was faraway from the lineup towards the Chargers after three first-half carries.

Latavius Murray, who was in his first recreation with the Broncos, completed with 66 yards speeding on 15 carries and had 14 of his carries within the second half. Gordon has 4 fumbles this season, together with one on the Seahawks’ 1-yard line within the season opener and one which was returned for a landing towards the Raiders.

“Yeah they’re annoyed, coaches are annoyed, we’re all annoyed,” Hackett mentioned. “We would like that consistency … they wish to win, they wish to be a part of it, they wish to make performs for his or her teammates, in order that occurs, that occurs when you do not win a soccer recreation.”

Requested if he would meet with Gordon, Hackett mentioned: “We will have a dialog, we now have an excellent relationship, we wish to be certain that we’re crystal clear on all the things and he is aware of the place I stand. I all the time like these awkward conversations and all the time wish to be up entrance and sincere with all people.

“Melvin did not do something mistaken, he did not, we simply did not have a whole lot of performs and ultimately he did not get the reps that he needed, he is a competitor, he needs to be on the market serving to along with his staff.”